Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic whole; and each of its ideas and ideals wins also its place and power - Patrick Geddes

Sunday, 15 February 2009

New Town

A brief blog today to draw attention to the TV prog from yesterday as mentioned in the Bear of little brain blog: New Town, a slightly bizarre yet amusing murder story, based around a nasty developer, the spoiling of a listed building in Edinburgh's World Heritage Site, a Heritage Hero from a body called Scottish Heritage trying to stop the cultural vandalism, odd architects with ideas of imposing their own strange aesthetic on the city, planners happy to spoil the city for 'economic gain' and a crazy estate agent saying there is no economic downturn.

1 comment:

Wasn't sure how to take the programme. It was billed as a murder series but appeared to be more of a satirical comment of the "situation".I think a bit of background knowledge of the dreaded developers thing is needed to appreciate it.I "liked" (actually didn't like) the architects' black/minimalist house and felt so sorry for the poor kid whose "pappas" were responsible.